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West Virginia 2010 - 2011 Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 4, 2011 AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 1,000 individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service to meet education, environmental, health, economic, and other pressing needs in communities across West Virginia. Most AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Governor-appointed Volunteer West Virginia, which in turn awards grants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of the grant funding is distributed by CNCS directly to multi-state and national organizations through a competitive grants process. Other individuals serve through AmeriCorps VISTA, whose members help bring individuals and communities out of poverty by serving full-time to fight illiteracy, improve health services, create businesses, and increase housing opportunities, and AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps), a 10-month, full time residential program for men and women between the ages of 18 and 24. In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn an education award that can be used to pay for college or to pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 9,300 West Virginia residents have served more than 14 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $20,000,000. Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups to engage more than 5,200 West Virginia students in community service linked to academic learning and the development of civic skills. This type of learning, called service-learning, strengthens communities, improves academic engagement, and prepares young people for a lifetime of responsible citizenship. Learn and Serve America also provides curricula and other resources to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups. Meeting community needs in West Virginia. More than 10,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through national service in West Virginia. Serving with more than 480 national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, these citizens tutor and mentor children, support veterans and military families, provide health services, restore the environment, respond to disasters, increase economic opportunity, and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) will commit more than $12,600,000 to support West Virginia communities through national service initiatives including: Senior Corps: More than 3,800 seniors in West Virginia contribute their time and talents in one of three Senior Corps programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to more than 2,200 young people who have special needs. Senior Companions help more than 350 homebound seniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes. RSVP volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, protect the environment, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other services through more than 420 groups across West Virginia. The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. CNCS annually engages more than five million Americans in service to meet local needs through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America, and leads President Obama's national call to service initiative, United We Serve. To learn more visit NationalService.gov or Serve.gov or call 202-606- 5000 or TTY 1-800-833-3722.

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Page 1: West Virginia 2010 - 2011 · West Virginia 2010 - 2011 Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 4, 2011 AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than

West Virginia 2010 - 2011

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 4, 2011

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 1,000 individuals the opportunity to provide intensive,results-driven service to meet education, environmental, health, economic, and other pressing needs in communities acrossWest Virginia. Most AmeriCorps grant funding goes to the Governor-appointed Volunteer West Virginia, which in turnawards grants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Most of the remainder of the grant funding is distributed byCNCS directly to multi-state and national organizations through a competitive grants process. Other individuals servethrough AmeriCorps VISTA, whose members help bring individuals and communities out of poverty by serving full-time tofight illiteracy, improve health services, create businesses, and increase housing opportunities, and AmeriCorps NCCC(National Civilian Community Corps), a 10-month, full time residential program for men and women between the ages of 18and 24. In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn an education award that can be used to pay for college orto pay back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 9,300 West Virginia residents have served more than 14 millionhours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more than $20,000,000.

Learn and Serve America: Learn and Serve America provides grants to schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups toengage more than 5,200 West Virginia students in community service linked to academic learning and the development ofcivic skills. This type of learning, called service-learning, strengthens communities, improves academic engagement, andprepares young people for a lifetime of responsible citizenship. Learn and Serve America also provides curricula and otherresources to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups.

Meeting community needs in West Virginia. More than 10,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helpingto meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic engagement through national service in West Virginia.Serving with more than 480 national and local nonprofits, schools, faith-based organizations and other groups, these citizenstutor and mentor children, support veterans and military families, provide health services, restore the environment, respond todisasters, increase economic opportunity, and recruit and manage volunteers. This year, the Corporation for National andCommunity Service (CNCS) will commit more than $12,600,000 to support West Virginia communities through nationalservice initiatives including:

Senior Corps: More than 3,800 seniors in West Virginia contribute their time and talents in one of three Senior Corpsprograms. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to more than 2,200 young people who have specialneeds. Senior Companions help more than 350 homebound seniors and other adults maintain independence in their ownhomes. RSVP volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, protect the environment, tutor and mentoryouth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other services through more than 420 groups across West Virginia.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, andfosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. CNCS annually engages more than five million Americans inservice to meet local needs through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America, and leads President Obama'snational call to service initiative, United We Serve. To learn more visit NationalService.gov or Serve.gov or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 1-800-833-3722.

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West Virginia At a Glance

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

43 1,076 $6,284,979

AmeriCorps State CompetitiveAmeriCorps State FormulaAmeriCorps NationalAmeriCorps NCCCAmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant (State)AmeriCorps Fixed Amount GrantAmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps38151

1411

Program Sites

583 221 28

N/A 20 82

142

Participants

$2,457,500 $954,963

N/AN/A

$260,000N/A

$2,612,516

ProgramFunding

AmeriCorps Total

15 3,895 $3,016,351

Foster Grandparent ProgramRetired and Senior Volunteer ProgramSenior Companion Program

Senior Corps 5 8 2

Projects

531 3,217 147

$1,745,057 $768,179 $503,115

ProgramFunding

This figure represents the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorpsmembers serving in West Virginia. The award can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or topay back student loans. The education award total is included in total Corporation funding.AmeriCorps National figures may include national programs headquartered in the state and/or operating sites of national programsthat are headquartered in other states. Some national organizations do not report operating site data, or it wasn’t available at time ofpublishing, so figures may not reflect current conditions.

2

2

3

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2010 - 2011 program year excluding RecoveryAct positions. For AmeriCorps VISTA, this represents the actual number of AmeriCorps members in active service.

Participants

1 5,231 $154,035

K-12 School-BasedK-12 Community-BasedHigher Education

Learn and Serve America 1

Grantees

2,732 2,473

26

Participants

$127,041 $26,994

N/A

ProgramFunding

Learn and Serve America Total

Program Totals 62 10,202 $9,867,865

$882,725 $811,300 $70,314

N/A $94,500

$143,544 $767,100

$2,769,483

4

3Education Award

4

Disability OutreachProgram Development & Technical AssistanceState Commission Administration

Other Funding $66,071 $96,429

$250,000

N/A $412,500

ProgramFunding

$2,769,483

Total Corporation Funding (including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $12,637,348

Senior Corps Total

Other Funding Total

1This chart does not include AmeriCorps sites, participants, or funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

1

111

3

Grantees

Education Award

The data shown represents a snapshot in time. CNCS project sites, participants, and funding change throughout the year, so the datamay not reflect current conditions.

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Senior Corps in West Virginia

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

BUCKHANNON

Buckhannon

Buckhannon

Charleston

Charleston

Follansbee

Parkersburg

Parkersburg

Parkersburg

Petersburg

Petersburg

Princeton

Summersville

Welch

Wilcoe

Primary City

Region VII Aging Services, Inc

FGP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program of United Way

RSVP of United Way

Brooke/Hancock/Ohio RSVP

MOVRC-Senior Companion Program

Mid Ohio Valley FGP

Mid Ohio Valley RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Retired Senior Volunteer Service Programs

CASE RSVP

Fayette/Greenbrier/Nicholas/Webster RSVP

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Council of the Southern Mts' FGP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

Senior Companion Program

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

RSVP

Foster Grandparent Program

Program TypeNumber of Participants

361

39

90

N/A

400

463

57

126

461

130

310

560

362

300

88

Total Number of Senior Corps Volunteers 3,747

Program Name

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Region VII Aging Services, Inc

Region VII Aging Services, Inc

LifeBridge, Inc.

LifeBridge, Inc.

Brooke County Committee on Aging

Mid Ohio Valley Regional Council

Mid Ohio Valley Regional Council

Mid Ohio Valley Regional Council

Potomac Highlands Support Services

Potomac Highlands Support Services

Community Action of Southeastern WV

Summersville Baptist Church

Council of the Southern Mountains

Council of the Southern Mountains

The city column refers to the location of sponsor organization. Volunteers may be serving in other locations than the city listed.

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Catholic Volunteer Network

The Corps Network

Coal Heritage Highway Authority

Citizen's Conservation Corps of West Virginia

Washington Campus Compact

The College of New Jersey

AmeriCorps LifeBridge

AmeriCorps LifeBridge

West Virginia Association of Free Clinics,Inc

United Way Central West Virginia

Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action,Inc.

Appalachian Forest Heritage Area

Sponsor Organization (if different)

Bethlehem Farm

Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia

Southern West Virginia Coal Heritage Internships

Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team

Coal Heritage Highway Authority

WV - Bethany College

West Virginia Wesleyan WV 26201-2600

LifeBridge AmeriCorps

LifeBridge AmeriCorps Veteran Corps

WV-MEDCorps

LifeBridge, Inc.

Step by Step, Inc.

Volunteer West Virginia, Inc.

KISRA AmeriCorps

Pocahontas Communications Cooperative

AFHA AmeriCorps: Enhancing Assets to BenefitCommunities

Program Name

1

5

20

31

14

9

N/A

70

10

89

14

15

1

10

31

20

# ofMembers

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant(State)

Program Type

Alderson

Beckley

Beckley

Beckley

Beckley

Bethany

Buckhannon

Charleston

Charleston

Charleston

Charleston

Charleston

Charleston

Dunbar

Dunmore

Elkins

Primary City

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West Virginia's Promise-The Alliance for Youth

High Rocks Educational Corporation

Playmates Child Care on Behalf of the Cabell-Wayne Early Childhood Council

YouthBuild USA, Inc.

Washington Campus Compact

West Virginia University Research Corp.

West Virginia Campus Compact--West VirginiaUnversity

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Washington Campus Compact

Mid-Ohio Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross

Ohio-West Virginia YMCA

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Catholic Volunteer Network

Sponsor Organization (if different)

West Virginia's Promise

High Rocks Youth Education and Empowerment

The AmeriCorps/Communities HelpingCommunities Project

YouthBuild Kincaid, WV

WV - West Virginia University

Energy Express AmeriCorps

WV Higher Education Consortium Project

Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club

WV - WVU Parkersburg

American Red Cross County Readiness Program

YMCA Camp Horseshoe AmeriCorps EducationAward Program

Eastern Regional Family Resource Network

Boys & Girls Club of Pleasants County

Nazareth Farm

Program Name

9

10

40

28

34

500

8

1

9

26

16

5

3

1

# ofMembers

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps National

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

Program Type

Frankford

Hillsboro

Huntington

Kincaid

Morgantown

Morgantown

Morgantown

Morgantown

Parkersburg

Parkersburg

Pt. Pleasant

Romney

Saint Marys

Salem

Primary City

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1,076Total Number of AmeriCorps Members

Washington Campus Compact

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

Monroe County Schools

West Virginia University Extension Services

The College of New Jersey

The College of New Jersey

Washington Campus Compact

Sponsor Organization (if different)

WV - Shepherd University

West Virginia

Building a Community of Champions

Doddridge County Family Resource Network

West Virginia University Extension Service

Laughlin Memorial Chapel WV 26003-3708

Wheeling Jesuit WV 26003-6243

WV - WV Northern Community College

Program Name

11

1

13

11

3

N/A

N/A

7

# ofMembers

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps State

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

AmeriCorps Fixed Amount Grant

Program Type

Shepherdstown

Shepherdtown

Union

West Union

Weston

Wheeling

Wheeling

Wheeling

Primary City

Notes: If there are programs with identical names in separate entries, they are different grants to the same organization. If no members areshown, either the grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at the time of printing. The city column refers to the location of the sponsor organization. AmeriCorps members may be serving in other locations than the city listed.

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Learn and Serve America in West Virginia

Information on the 2010 - 2011 program year current as of March 2, 2011

Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type

Anstead

Beckley

Buckhannon

Charleston

Charleston

Charleston

Charleston

Clarksburg

Clay

Dellslow

Elizabeth

Fairmont

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Friendly

Grafton

Hillsboro

Huntington

Keyser

Keyser

Martinsburg

Morgantown

Morgantown

Mt. Zion

Parsons

Ridgeley

Shepherdstown

Spencer

Union

Wheeling

Wheeling

Fayette County School

Piney Creek Watershed Association

West Virginia Wesleyan College

Friends of Blackwater

Girl Scouts of Black Diamond

Kanawha County Schools

West Virginia Department of Education

RESA VII

Clay County Schools

Friends of Deckers Creek

Wirt County Board of Education

Sunbeam Child Care Center LLC

Fayette County Education Fund Inc

Fayette Institute of Technology/Southern AppalachianLabor School

Tyler County

Taylor County Board of Education

High Rocks Educational Corporation

Wayne County Board of Education

Keyser High School

Mineral County Board of Education

Girls Scouts of Shawnee Council, Inc

Monongalia County

RESA VII

Calhoun County Middle/High School

Ohio-West Virginia YMCA-WV

Mineral County Board of Education

Potomac Valley Audubon Society

Roane County Board of Education

MRC&D/Indian Creek Watershed Association

Oglebay Institute

Ohio County Board of Education

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

Higher Education

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 Community-Based

K-12 School-Based

62

60

26

227

54

40

66

18

155

167

66

72

25

47

50

150

650

715

60

512

84

340

31

25

36

320

250

66

712

N/A

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Primary City Sponsor OrganizationNumber ofParticipants Program Type

charleston Step by Step K-12 Community-Based

Notes:

145

5,231Total Number of Learn and Serve Participants

If no participants are shown, either the grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at thetime of printing, or the organization listed is the primary grantee and the participants are listed by its subgrantees.The city column refers to the location of the sponsor organization. Participants may be serving in other locations than the citylisted.